DP097

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Diamond & Pearl series

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Double Team Turnover!

DP097   EP563 ギンガ団襲撃！！　-後編- Ginga-dan Attacks!! -Part 2-

First broadcast Japan October 2, 2008 United States March 7, 2009

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Double Team Turnover! (Japanese: ギンガ団襲撃！！　-後編- Ginga-dan Attacks!! -Part 2-) is the 97th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 563rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 2, 2008, as a part of a one-hour special with Losing Its Lustrous! and in the United States on March 7, 2009.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Team Galactic Commanders Saturn and Mars have cornered Cynthia, her grandmother Carolina, the business mogul Cyrus, Officer Jenny's team, and our heroes inside the Celestic Town research center. A battle erupts as Saturn and Mars try to steal the Lustrous Orb, but Cynthia's Gastrodon, Ash's Chimchar, and Dawn's Pachirisu defend our heroes against Mars' Purugly and Saturn's Toxicroak. But during the fight, Chimchar is badly hurt by Toxicroak, and Team Rocket—who were disguised as Jenny's police officers—manage to grab the Orb and escape! Team Galactic leaves, but Ash and his friends can't pursue them; first, they must tend to their injured Pokémon.

Ash's Staravia and Cynthia's Garchomp search for Team Rocket while our heroes rest at the Pokémon Center and try to figure out Team Galactic's plan. Are they planning to use the Lustrous Orb to help awaken Dialga and Palkia? In the meantime, Team Rocket hides out in the ruins near the research center, but they're soon spotted by Garchomp and Staravia—and Carolina and Cyrus, and even Team Galactic! As all sides converge on the ruins, Cyrus begins ranting about the power of the Lustrous Orb, just before Team Galactic's Golbat swarm the area. In the confusion, a Skuntank grabs the Lustrous Orb, blasts Team Rocket into the sky, and brings the Orb to Commander Jupiter, another Team Galactic member.

With the Lustrous Orb in their possession, Team Galactic uses the Golbat to cover their escape. Our heroes try to give chase, but it's useless—Team Galactic gets away scot-free. However, Cynthia has begun to suspect Cyrus and his crazed rants. Although she doesn't know it, Cyrus is in fact the head of Team Galactic. After he leaves Celestic Town, he joins his minions at Team Galactic's base and reveals his plan for the Adamant Orb and Lustrous Orb. Using the Orbs, and the help of a certain Pokémon hunter, he's about to launch a plan that will let him to summon the Legendary Dialga and Palkia!

Plot

Picking up from Losing its Lustrous!, Ash, his friends and Cynthia battle against Saturn and Mars in the Celestic Town Historical Research Center. Cynthia's Gastrodon manages to easily defeat the multiple Golbat sent out by Team Galactic. Ash sends out Pikachu and Chimchar while Dawn sends out Piplup and Pachirisu, to which Mars and Saturn counter with Purugly's Shadow Ball and Toxicroak's Dark Pulse. With help from Cynthia's Gastrodon and Garchomp, the attacks are repelled, but Chimchar is injured when it takes a Poison Jab meant for Pikachu.

This distraction allows Team Rocket to make their attempt to snatch the Lustrous Orb, only to be caught in the act by Officer Jenny. Despite both this and the fact they are surrounded by Galactic operatives, Team Rocket escapes after Cyrus gives a subtle order for Mars and Saturn to let them go. After they leave, Saturn sends the Golbat after them and flees, while the heroes are forced to retreat to the Pokémon Center to get help for Chimchar and Croagunk and so they can plan their next move.

Meanwhile, another Team Galactic Commander named Jupiter and her Skuntank use the Spear Key to find the location of the Lustrous Orb.

With police everywhere in Celestic Town, Team Rocket is left to flee to the Celestic Ruins, which were previously bombed by Mars. One of Saturn's Golbat spots them and goes to report back, along with Ash's Staravia who has also been searching for Team Rocket.

In the Pokémon Center, Cynthia advises Ash and his friends about the importance of the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb, and their ties to Dialga and Palkia. Ash feels guilty for getting Chimchar injured but Cynthia, who has recognized Chimchar as the one that battled her under Paul's command, tells Ash that it is important not to regret the past but look forward to the future. Professor Carolina and Cyrus have since gone to the ruins to see the damage inflicted by Mars's attack, when Cyrus is informed of the whereabouts of Team Rocket by one of the Golbat.

Carolina and Cyrus find Team Rocket hiding in the ruins, and Mars—after disabling the police nearby with her Bronzor's Hypnosis—quickly arrives on the scene. She attempts to have Purugly and Bronzor attack Team Rocket, but Pikachu, Staravia, Piplup and Garchomp interfere as the heroes arrive. Trapped, Team Rocket tries a desperate move—threatening to destroy the Lustrous Orb. This only prompts Cyrus to explode in anger at them, lecturing the trio on the history of Sinnoh and the importance of the orbs in its space-time legend. Cyrus then loses his temper and begins laughing maniacally as the Golbat return to attack Team Rocket. They fail, but in the confusion Jupiter's Skuntank arrives and steals the Lustrous Orb.

That night at the Pokémon Center, Carolina apprises Officer Jenny of the day's events while Cynthia and Ash's group mourn their failure to protect the orbs. Cyrus advises them to not feel sorry for themselves, that they did an admirable job against Team Galactic, stating that he will remember them for their efforts before leaving.

The next morning, Cynthia departs Celestic Town to meet a challenger for the title of Pokémon Champion. The gang are worried about what Team Galactic are up to, but Cynthia tells them they should just proceed as normal, knowing they will all have to be ready for when Team Galactic make their next move.

Meanwhile, in the secret headquarters of Team Galactic, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn observe the Adamant Orb, Lustrous Orb and Spear Key, which they have attached to machines in a laboratory. A door opens to reveal the leader of Team Galactic—Cyrus. He admonishes Saturn for displaying ineptitude during the mission while Mars snickers. Cyrus then reveals that Ash and Dawn have witnessed the spirits of Mesprit and Azelf to his underlings' surprise. He orders Jupiter to head up the mission of collecting the lake guardians, to which he says she will contact the Pokémon hunters. Mars has news too—the Fuego Ironworks have completed their experiment on the meteorites stolen from Veilstone City, moving the Red Chain project into its final stage. Cyrus laughs insanely as he visualizes the 'beautiful and pure' world he plans to build with the immeasurable power of Dialga and Palkia.

Major events

• Cynthia is revealed to own a Gastrodon.
• Team Galactic obtains the Lustrous Orb.
• Cyrus is revealed to be Team Galactic's leader.
• Team Galactic begin plans to capture the lake guardians.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

• Jupiter

Pokémon debuts

• Skuntank
• Gastrodon (West Sea)

TV episode debuts

• Purugly (Mars's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Cynthia
• Professor Carolina
• Cyrus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Galactic Grunts
• Police

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Gastrodon (Cynthia's; debut)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Purugly (Mars's; debut)
• Bronzor (Mars's; seiyū: 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima, Tom Wayland in the dub)
• Skuntank (Jupiter's; debut)
• Golbat (Team Galactic's; multiple)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Uxie (fresco)
• Mesprit (fresco)
• Azelf (fresco)
• Dialga (portrait, fantasy and statue)
• Palkia (portrait, fantasy and statue)

Trivia

• Message of the Wind is replaced by Surely Tomorrow as the ending theme.
• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture following this episode.
• The 97th episode of the previous anime series also featured the antagonists of that generation's games, much as this episode features the antagonists of the current generation's games. AG097, however, had a cliffhanger leading into its second part, while this episode is the final part of the two-parter. The previous generation's arc, however, was the last appearance of the respective teams, while this arc, with four Badges left for Ash to earn in Sinnoh, is merely one of Team Galactic's biggest appearances.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and The Rise of Darkrai is used.
• During the title card sequence, the former title card music from the Battle Frontier portion of the Advanced Generation series is played. The same applies to Losing Its Lustrous!.
• Prior to this episode's actual dub title being revealed, Cartoon Network had listed the previous episode's dub title with a "(Part 1)" attached, leading some people to believe this episode's dub title was "Losing Its Lustrous (Part 2)".
  • Pokémon.com's listing lists this episode as A Double Team Turnover for an unknown reason.
• Ash asks "Who's That Pokémon?" when Jupiter's Skuntank appears, which might be a reference to the original commercial break divider.
• The dub title for this episode might be a reference to March Madness, as "Double Team" and "Turnover" are both terms used in basketball.
  • The episode also aired in the U.S. in March.
• The person who challenged Cynthia was later revealed to be Aaron.

Errors

The coloring error

• While Cynthia's Gastrodon and Garchomp were battling Toxicroak and Purugly, Gastrodon's head was colored pink, instead of the usual brown.
• When Croagunk is recovering, his Japanese voice can be heard.
• When Chimchar is recovering, its tail is still alight even though it is asleep.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		銀河隊來襲！！－後篇－
Czech		Překvapivý zvrat
Danish		Dobbelt Team-angreb
Dutch		Strijd Tussen De Teams!
Finnish		Kuula hukassa!
European French		La quête de la Team Galaxie!
German		Im Doppelteam-Karussell!
Italian		Due Team da sconfiggere!
Korean		갤럭시단! 다시 나타나다! (제2부)
Norwegian		Mer enn ett team
Polish		Kradzież zespołowa
Portuguese	Brazil	É Tudo ou Nada!
	Portugal	Reviravolta na Equipa Dupla!
Russian		Проигрыш двойной команды!
Spanish	Latin America	¡El malevolo Equipo Galactica!
	Spain	Regreso del Doble Equipo
Swedish		Dubbelt team-trubbel

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Diamond & Pearl series

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